Since I’ve written a couple of posts about finding a reason to start online courses, how to choose the best online course and if it’s worth to learn online at all, it’s time to talk about the ways to improve learning process. Everyone has experienced being tired and bored with things that seemed interesting at the beginning. So how do you …
The spring has finally arrived! Birds are singing, the sun is shining and you are ready to wake up from your winter comma. You want to learn something new, yet don’t have time between tight schedules and full inbox? Here is a few ways to learn in the meantime/on the go!
Khan Academy is the online, distance learning service provided by non-profit organisation of the same name. Company’s mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere(source). Firstly, the content was aimed at school pupils, and to say more precisely – the family children of Salman Khan.
According to the various researches about the adaptability, agility and re-skilling will be crucial to deal on the labour market in the next several years. More and more people work on the distance-based positions straight from their homes.
There are more and more distance learning services, but it not necessarily come with more interesting offer. In this brief post I would like to outline what you have to check before signing up to the course. Let’s get right into it! Author and presenter of the course The level of expertise of course’s author is crucial in order to …
Coursera.org is an educational service that offers online courses specializaticons, and degrees in a variety of subjects. Content is made by universities and other (mainly educational-focused) organizations. In October 2017 Coursera offered more than 2000 courses. It is possible to obstain access to all courses for free, but certifications, specializations and degrees are paid (from 29$ for course). Financial aid applies if …
Udacity is the commercial provider of online courses. Udacity orginally was offering university-style-made courses but now focuses more on vocational courses for professionals (mainly connected to digital technology). What type of content is offered? Udacity offfers single courses and nanodegrees (which are a couple of courses linked together in programme). How does it look when it comes to prices? Courses …
Udemy.com is an online learning platform aimed at profesional adults. Udemy works like an online courses marketplace – anyone who creates courses can offer it there, either for a charge or pro bono. As for 2017 there are approx. 55 thousands of courses there and the service is offered in 14 different languages. The price range is between 0$ and 100$ …
edX is a provider of online courses. Service is provided by the nonprofit organization and runs on the free open-source platform. As for now (January 2018) edX offers over 1800 courses and 110 programs. All of them are available for free. Only the certification is paid (prices usually range between 50$ and 300$). What type of content is offered? Similar to …
